A day earlier, an Iraqi citizen’s tip led soldiers from Troop B, 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, to the discovery of a large weapons cache and the apprehension of six suspected terrorists in southeastern Baghdad around 6:40 p.m. Sept. 18.

A concerned Iraqi citizen told the soldiers that terrorists attempted to kidnap civilians in front of his residence. The soldiers then saw a suspicious vehicle speeding away from the area. The vehicle was stopped at a nearby Iraqi police checkpoint and searched, revealing an AK-47 assault rifle.

The six suspected terrorists involved in the incident were detained for questioning.

As of Sept. 18, Iraqi security forces and Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers have cleared about 70,000 buildings, 60 mosques and 50 neighborhoods, detained more than 107 terrorist suspects, seized more than 1,300 weapons, registered more than 750 weapons, and found 34 weapons caches in support of Operation Together Forward. The combined forces also have removed more than 126,811 cubic meters of trash from the streets of Baghdad.